Nick Clegg has pledged that the Liberal Democrats will carry on funding the education of young people about the Holocaust, warning, in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, that anti-Semitism is a “light sleeper”.

The celebrated violinist Nicola Benedetti and trumpet soloist Alison Balsom are among leading musicians calling on the Government to drop controversial advice to local authorities to pull funding for music lessons, warning it could “cost the soul of the nation”.

The celebrated violinist Nicola Benedetti and trumpet soloist Alison Balsom are among leading musicians calling on the Government to drop controversial advice to local authorities to pull funding for music lessons, warning it could “cost the soul of the nation”.